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★26 Aug 1748
The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.

★16 Jun 1755
After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour surrendered to the British, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.

★08 Sep 1755
French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, the British and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat the French and their Indian allies.

★09 Jul 1763
The Mozart family grand tour began, presenting child prodigies Maria Anna and Wolfgang in Western Europe.

★18 Jan 1778
English explorer James Cook became the first known European to reach the Sandwich Islands, now known as the Hawaiian Islands.

★07 Oct 1780
American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

★11 Aug 1786
Captain Francis Light founded George Town, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang.

★26 Aug 1789
French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.

★09 Sep 1791
The commissioners overseeing the construction of the United States' new capital city named it in honor of the first president: Washington, D.C.

★15 Sep 1795
French Revolutionary Wars: Great Britain seized the Dutch Cape Colony to use its facilities against the French Navy.

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